Marcus French, Detectors and Electronics Division Head at STFC, Hazel Housden, the Rosalind Franklin Institute’s Innovation and Translation Manager, and Roger Goldsbrough, CEO of Quantum Detectors. Photo courtesy of STFC. A new generation of detector, based on technology developed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is set to transform the field of electron cryo-microscopy. Technology developed by […]

Christian Brönnimann strengthens the DECTRIS management in January 2022 by handing over the CEO’s mantle to CTO Matthias Schneebeli. The decision is only one example of a company-wide trend to distribute responsibilities and leadership, and it’s a natural next growth move after the company delivered a record-high number of X-ray and electron detectors in 2020. Dr. […]

Techcomp Instruments Limited (“Techcomp”) is delighted to announce that Techcomp Europe has successfully completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Isotopx Limited, based in Middlewich, Cheshire. For the past 13 years Isotopx has been at the forefront of mass spectrometer design and innovation. The whole team at Isotopx, led by CEO and founder Zenon […]

As announced on June 26, 2021, CELLINK AB (publ) (“CELLINK”) entered into an agreement to acquire Discover Echo Inc. (“Discover Echo”), an innovative and revolutionary American company focusing on development, manufacturing, and sales of patented and unique hybrid microscopes that easily transform between Upright and Inverted configurations, merging the capabilities of multiple instruments into one. […]

Park Systems, the fastest growing manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) just announced Park FX40, a groundbreaking autonomous atomic force microscope, infused with innovative robotics, intelligent learning features, safety mechanisms, AI based software and specialized add-ons. Park FX40 Atomic Force Microscope is the first AFM to autonomously execute all up-front set up and scanning processes, […]

Covalent Metrology and Digital Surf will collaborate to advance software-enabled analysis, data visualization and more for research and industry. Sunnyvale, CA and Besançon, France. Covalent Metrology, a leading analytical services provider offering one of the largest portfolios of characterization techniques in North America, is working with Digital Surf, a global leader in analytical software development, to offer […]

Increased Total Throughput and Improved Reliability – Tokyo – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (President and CEO: Takashi Iizumi / Hitachi High-Tech) announced the launch of both AFM100 and AFM100 Plus systems – entry-level and intermediate-level models of Hitachi’s compact and versatile Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). These tools are designed to offer ease of use and superior […]

New solution promises to accelerate experimental success and improve process reliability as industry looks to faster drug discovery post-Covid Wetzlar, Germany — Leica Microsystems has today announced the launch of the Leica Nano workflow: a new live-cell correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) workflow solution designed to increase experimental success rates, improve reproducibility, and simplify […]

FIB-SEM is now available to researchers across the Institute for use in characterization, nanofabrication, and rapid prototyping. MIT.nano has acquired a Raith VELION focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) as a demonstration unit in its characterization facility. The instrument, which arrived on campus last summer, has been installed and qualified in the lower level […]

The new systems offers a wide range of nanoscale tools for researchers at Skoltech and other basic and applied research institutes, biomedical research centers, and industry in Russia. Notably, the new microscope will be used by Skoltech leading scientists as a development platform for creating fundamentally new experimental approaches contributing to the development of new […]